Fertilizer-distributer.



Patented May 5, 1914.

P. J. OGLE.

FBRTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

APPLIGATION FILED 13110.16, 1913.

narran sentirne ie anion FRED J. COLE OF PRESCOTT, ARKANSAS.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTEB.

`which will produce an even feed of the material during the operation of the device andv which embodies means for Vmoving the material in the hopper transversely of the latter at the bottom thereof and additional means disposed above the first named means for moving the material inthe hopper oppositely to the movement imparted thereto by the r'st named means,' said seeond named means also serving to induce a violent agitation of the material in the hopper to ede/:t an efiicient mixing of such material.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a fertilizer distributer which will be simple in construction, efficient in use, and which may be manufactured at a comparatively small cost.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists in the details ot' construction and in the arrangement and comF bination oi part-s to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the aceompanyingl drawings wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in whichy Figure l is a side elevation ot a fertilizer distributor constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the invention; and Figi 3. a. section on the line 3MB of Fig. l.

Referring' to the drawings the improved fertilizer distril'iuter is shown as con'ngrisingV a beam l0 carrying at its rear end controllin;y handles ll and at its trent end a clevis 12 for the ready :'ittachment ot draft animals. Depending' from the handles ll respectively are brackets 3 and fl in the lower ends of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December 16, 1913.

vp Patented May 5, 1914. Serial Nojve.

which is rotatably mounted a shaft 15. Fixed on' the shaft l5 centrally ot the beam l0 is a tractiony wheel 1G havinga grooved periphery 17. Supported upon the handles ll and the beam lO in a suitable manner is a hopper 18 the bottom ot which is constitutedfby a trough 19 extending transversely of the hopper. Bepending from one side yot the hopper is a delivery spout 2O which is directed inwardly toward the beam 10 so as to deliver directly in advance of the wheel 1G. Journaled in the sides of the hopper 18 and extending through the trough 19 is a .conveyer or feed screw 2l which has one end of the core thereof extended through the side of the hopper and fixed on this extended end of the core of the feed screw is a sprocket wheel 22 lwhich alines with a sprocket wheel 23 fixed on the shaft 15. Traveling on the sprocket wheels 22 and 23 is a sprocket chain 24 whereby the rotation of the Wheel 16 will etliect a rotation ot' the feed screwlt the pitch of said screw being such that ythe aforementioned rotation thereoiivvill move material in the bottom of the hopper transversely of said hopper in `the direct-ion of the delivery spout 20, thus assuring an even feed of material from the hopper into the delivery spout and also obviating the possibility of the material becoming clogged within the hopper. The end of the core of the feed screw 2l remote from the sprocket `wheel 22' is also extended through the hopper and has fixed thereon a gear for a purpose that will presently appear. Jonrnaled between the sides of the hopper i8 above the screw 2l. is a shaft 2G which has the end thereof adjacent the gear 25 extended through the side wall of the hopper and fixed on'this extended end et the shaft 26 is a gear 27 whereby the 'rotation of the Jteed screw Q1 will eii'ect an opposite rotation of the shaft 26.' Fixed upon the shaft 26' at spaced intervals are hubs 28 from which radiate blades 29, The pitch of the blades QS) is such that when the shaft 2G is rotated loppositely to theieed screw 21 they-will etect a movement of the mater'al in the hopper opposite to the' movement of material induced by the feed screw 2l.. the material as before mentioned the blades 29 also serve to violently agitato the ma` terial and etiiciently mix same. Owing to the material moving and mixing eitect of the blades ZQyit is rendered possible when In addition to effect-incr Vi movement of `the material'in the hopper is almost exhausted, to supply new material in the form of its separate ingredients the movingand mixing effect of the blades 29 assuring complete mixing of the material before saine is delivered into the delivery spout by the conveyer screw 2l. Passage of material from the hopper to the delivery spout may be controlled through the medium of a sliding gate valve 30.

What is claimed is In a fertilizer distributer, the 4combination of a beam7 a hopper supported by the beam and having at one side a depending discharge spout7 a feed screw rotatably mounted in the bottom of the hopper for moving material transversely of the hopper into the discharge spout, a. shaft rotatably mounted in the hopper above the feed screw,

a plurality of blades mounted on the shaft each having its, longitudinal aXis disposed in true radial relation with respect to the shaft and each further having a pitch adapted to move material oppositely to the feed screw when said shaft is rotated in one direction, and means for rotating said shaft and feed screw to effect opposite movements of material in the hopper.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

l FRED J. COLE. Witnesses: l l

lV. V. ToMriiINs, Cnas. H. ToMPKINs. 

